Wall surfacing or facing units



June 6, 1933. J. A. cocA WALL SURFACING 0R FACING UNITS Filed Dec. 24, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 (70km A.C0ca,.-vEmR ATTOR N EY J. A. COCA WALL SURFACING OR FACING UNITS June 6, 1933.

Filed Dec. 24, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (I 0k A; @INVENTQR Patented June 6, 1933 res UNITED STA PATENT OFFICE JOHN A. COCA, F JEANNETTE, PENNSYLVANIA WALL SURFAGTNG 0R FACING UNITS Application filed December 24, 1931. Serial No. 583,084.

0 or joints between the bricks, veneer or tiles or edges of a wall.

will be closedso as to exclude water or moisture therefrom and smooth and even joints will be had both throughout the extent of the surfacing or facing units andat the corners Another object of the invention is thejprovision of a structure of this characterwherein the employment of fasteners is reduced to V a minimum as each seaming or ointing strip 0 requires but two fasteners to hold the same in place when closing a jointbetween adjacent bricks, veneer or tiles, thus enabling the facing or surfacing of Wooden or plastic covered Walls without excessive mutilation and also assuring a firm and secure anchorage of the surfacing or facing thereto, the seaming or jointing strips being of novel form and permitting the application without the necessity of a skilled artificer and enables the even setting of whole or half or smaller portions of bricks, veneer or tiles with uniformity and evenness and without excessive labor.

A. further ob ect of the invention 1s the provision of a structure of this character wherein plastic scams or joints in the laying of brick, veneer or tile surfaces or coverings is entirely dispensed with and at the same time a water-tight joint or seam is had be tween the brick, veneer or tile, the structure being novel in its make-up and is layable with dispatch and without the employment of skilled workmanship.

A still further object of the invention is the I rovision of a structure of this character which is simple in its make-up, thoroughly reliable and eiiicicnt in its purpose, readily and easily applied, neat and attractive in appearance, and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

With these andother objects in view, the

inventionconsists in the featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, bodiment of the invention, and the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings z- Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation show ing the structure in accordance with the in vention applied toa portion of a wall.

pointed out in .Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. i

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of one of the bricks, veneer or tiles.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the seaming or jointing stripemployed at the face of a wall. D Figure 6 is a perspective view of the seam ing or jointing stripas employed at the corner ofawall. ,1

Similar reference charactersindicate cor responding parts throughout the several views in' the drawings. Referring to the drawings in detail, A designates a series of bricks, veneer or tiles employed for the surfacing or facing of a wall. or the like and each includes a body 10 having a receded edge forming a marginal portion 11 unbroken throughoutto form a continuousflange 12 at the opposite longer and shorter edges of said body 10. The bodies 10 are adapted to be arranged end to end in rows superposed so that the joints between the ends of said bodies will be staggered with respect to each other in a vertical direction and these bodies are designed to be disposed againsta backing 13 such as sheet waterproof material which is disposed against the face of the wall to be surfaced or faced. a y Located between the bodies 10 is a metallic stripping B including substantially U-shaped sections 14 having laterally outturned flanges 15, the Uform of said sections 14 providing a channel 16 at the center thereof and between the lateral flanges 15. The sections 14C are which disclose the preferred em- 5 laid between the bodies 10 so that the end of one section will overlap the next adjacent section thereto and the other end underlap the other section next adjacent thereto so that the sections when laid in this manner will have their flanges 15 overlying the flanges 12 of the bodies 10 and engaged through the overlapped ends of said sections 14 are fasteners 17, these being driven into the back ing 13 and the underlying wall make-up C. It will thus be seen that the joints or seams between the bodies 10 will be closed by the sections 14L both at opposite longer side edges and shorter end edges of said bodies and will exclude the entrance of water t'herebetween, while the backing 13 will exclude moisture and air working through the wall make-up C.

Each section 14 extended longitudinally of the bodies 10 at the flange 15 thereof confronting the joint between the shorter end edges of said bodies is cut away to provide a slot 18 which is extended to the bottom of the channel 16 in said section and adjacent to this slot 18 is engaged with a cut-into flange 15 and short length section 19 which is lo cated between the shorter end edges of adjacent bodies 10 to close the joint or seam therebetween, the flanges 20 of these sections 19 underlying the adjacent flange 15 of the section 14 and in this manner said section 19 is held in place while the slot 18 establishes communication between the channels centrally in the sections 14 and 19 so as to permit other portions of a brick, veneer or tile can beanchored in place when laid for wall surfacing or facing in the use of the stripping and without the employment of cement or other plastic material for seaming or jointing of the bodies 10 in the surfacing and facing of the wall makeup.

The long and short sections 15 and 19 of the stripping can be varied accordingly to the sizes of the bricks, veneer or tiles as may be employed in the laying thereoffor the wall surfacing or facing.

It should also be obvious that a minimum use of fasteners for the stripping is required as it is only necessary to employ but two fasteners for each strip in the laying of adjacent strips in their overlapped fashion, that is, in the laying of the sections 15 as heretofore described.

What is claimed is In a structure of the kind described, a plurality of flat bodies arranged in rows side by side, the bodies in one row being staggered with respect to the bodies in the next adjacent row, each body having a receded marginal edge, channeled strippings interposed between the bodies and having lateral flanges overlapping the receded edges of said bodies, the strippings between the rows of bodies bemg overlapped, and fasteners engaged with the overlaps of said strippings, the strippingsin each row having a slot cut into one side thereof with said slots aligned with strippings confronting the strippings of the rows to establish communication between the channels in the strippings.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' JOHN A. COCA. 

